In My Life

We’re back at the Corner Bakery Cafe opposite the Trump Tower and my favorite – the Wrigley Building. It’s windy outside but the sun is shining and hot. We’re trying to avoid further sunburn. Been back to the Millennium Park and stood under the huge Bean which is distorting mirrors all over. Glenys is going through some postcards of Australia which she gives to maids and those who strike up a conversation. I didn’t know she was so nationalistic about her home country.
Later tonight we head east to Albany for a brief stopover and then go north to Montreal. We’ll now have longer there and if possible one more day in NYC. I’d like to go and hear Tim Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian. Last Sunday we went to the Baptist Church at Havre but no one else showed up; they must have cancelled their advertised Sunday night service. The previous Sunday we were at Boonah Baptist and heard a less than inspiring sermon. I need some solid food.
Dylan’s company BDO advertises on CNN TV. In fact, most ads seem to be for insurance, banks, and retirement companies. The BDO ad is for when your financial situation needs expert help. We saw the fiery hurricane from Central Australia on the news last night – only the second piece of news from home. All must be well. I see online that Labor has caught up to the coalition – what’s going on – how did that happen?
This cafe is so popular! It’s the food, the coffee, and the ambience I guess that brings them in. One customer called it quick casual excellence. It’s our favorite food experience so far on this trip.
This city is an architectural wonder – so many eye catching buildings everywhere you look and forever changing as the sun moves overhead and highlights new aspects and is reflected on the sharp edges. Often the bubbly glass windows look like abstract paintings. Hope we can remember all this.

This afternoon we went to the John Hancock Observatory, 1000 feet above the street below, and got a 360 degree view of the city over the tops of all the smaller skyscrapers all around. Had lunch at Norstrums an upmarket cafe in a store like DJs where a coat costs $485. Lunch was tomato soup and half a chicken and cherry jam sandwich. Very cheap, very delicious. As the darkness falls we get ready to leave.

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